Quadruped's hind legs

Details

• Title

  Quadruped's hind legs

• Associated place

  Europe › Cyprus › Famagusta › Salamis › Salamis-Toumba (place of excavation)

• Date

  Cypro-Archaic Period (c. 750 - c. 475 BC)

• Material and technique

  terracotta

• Object type

  sculpture › figure › votive figure;

  sculpture › figure › figurine

• Dimensions

  max.pres. 4.2 cm from top of tail to foot-sole (height)
  max. pres. 3.8 cm from tail to mid-body break (length)
  max. pres. 4.3 cm between lowest hindfeet (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the Cyprus Exploration Fund from excavations in Salamis in 1890.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1896-1908.C.554

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